The Competition Board took the decision no. 18-05/77-M to initiate an investigation about the following undertakings to determine whether Ünsped Paket Servisi San. ve Tic. A.Ş. (UPS) and mail/package/freight transporters which purchase international transport services from UPS and resell allocated customers and therefore violated article 4 of the Act no. 4054:

• Airexpress Kargo Lojistik Dış Ticaret Ltd. Şti.  
• Aras Kargo Yurtiçi Yurtdışı Taşımacılık A.Ş.,
• Asilkar Lojistik Dağ. Hiz. İç ve Dış Tic. Ltd. Şti.,
• MNG Kargo Yurtiçi ve Yurtdışı Taşımacılık A.Ş.,
• Paket Taşımacılık Sistemleri ve Turizm Bilgisayar Ticaret A.Ş.,
• Solmaz Nakliyat ve Ticaret A.Ş.,
• STF Kargo Nakliyat Ticaret Ltd. Şti.,
• TNT International Express Taşımacılık Ticaret Ltd. Şti.,
• Ünsped Paket Servisi San. ve Tic. A.Ş.

On its meeting of 29.03.2018, the Competition Board took the decision no. 18-09/162-M that the subject of the investigation initiated according to the Board decision dated 15.02.2018 and numbered 18-05/77-M shall be changed as “whether certain undertakings operating in the market for mail/freight transportation violated article 4 of the Act no. 4054 by means of customer allocation”; investigation shall be initiated about the following undertakings and this investigation shall be combined with the investigation initiated according to the Board decision numbered 18-05/77-M:

• Antrepo Lojistik Taşımacılık Kargo ve Kurye Hizmetleri Ticaret ve Sanayi Ltd. Şti.,
• Aslansoy Yuba Lojistik İç ve Dış Tic. Ltd. Şti.,
• Asset Lojistik A.Ş.,
• Cemal Bozaslan,
• CLG Express Uluslararası Taşımacılık A.Ş.,
• Demirtaş Nakliye Tur. İnş. Gıda Canlı Hayvan Tic. Ltd. Şti.,
• DFN Lojistik Hiz. San. ve Tic. A.Ş.,
• DRN Lojistik A.Ş.,
• Eli Uluslararası Taşımacılık ve Tur. Ltd. Şti.,
• Gama Kombine Taşımacılık A.Ş.,
• Gonca Palanduz UDT Loj. Taş. İth. İhr. Taşımacılık,
• Hipex Dış Ticaret Halil İbrahim Palalı,
• İnter Global Kargo Ticaret Ltd. Şti.,
• Kevser Funda Sanlıman UKGS International Freight Services,
• Serkan Çınar Çınartaş Grup,
• Tuncay Işıklı GSP Uluslararası Taşımacılık ve Dış. Tic.
• Turimex Global Lojistik Gümrükleme İç ve Dış Tic. Ltd. Şti.,
• Yurtiçi Kargo Servisi A.Ş.

In the same meeting, the Board also took the decision no. 18-09/161-M, following the preliminary inquiry initiated according to the Board decision no. 18-05/77-M(1), to initiate an investigation about the following undertakings and this investigation shall be combined with the investigation conducted according to the decision no. 18-05/77-M:

• DHL Worldwide Express Taşımacılık ve Ticaret A.Ş.,
• Sürat Kargo Lojistik ve Dağıtım Hizmetleri A.Ş.,
• Kargo Dünya Uluslararası Taşımacılık ve Dış Ticaret Ltd. Şti.,
• ASE Asya Afrika Hızlı Kargo ve Dağıtım A.Ş.,
• On Ekspres Hava Kurye ve Kargo Uluslararası Taşımacılık Hizmetleri Ltd. Şti.

* Investigation decisions taken by the Competition Board are announced to the public following the notification of the decision to the undertakings or associations of undertakings under investigation. Those announcements, which are made within the framework of informing the public about the decisions of the Competition Board, cannot be interpreted to mean that the undertakings or associations of undertakings under investigation have violated the Act no 4054, or they are or will be subject to penal sanctions under the Act.